patriarchalism

noun

Etymology

From patriarchal + -ism.

  1. derived from patriarchālis
  2. suffixed as patriarchalism — “patriarchal + ism

Definitions

  1. The quality of being patriarchal.

  2. A political theory which arose in England in the seventeenth century, which emphasized…

    A political theory which arose in England in the seventeenth century, which emphasized the absolute power of the king as the paternal head of state, viewing his fatherly power as having been inherited genealogically from Adam.

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